Keeping Guns Out of Kids’ Hands
Amid soaring gun sales and the pandemic, researchers at Georgia State are uncovering new solutions to protect young people from accidental shootings and suicides.
Coming Clean
Geosciences professor Dan Deocampo is working to develop a better method of making water safe to drink.
Sorry (Not Sorry)
Using big data analysis, associate professor Charlotte Alexander is decoding #MeToo defenses.
Changing Roadscapes
A new Georgia State lab is focused on how e-scooters and other forms of micromobility are remaking the landscape for commuters in Atlanta and beyond.
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Earning Trust
A new Georgia State project aims to understand why some Black Atlantans are hesitant to participate in COVID-19 research.
The Persistence of the Past
Renowned investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of practice Douglas Blackmon leads Georgia State students to examine some of American history’s most difficult chapters and bring to life the stories of the people who suffered through them.
Women in Georgia: Then and Now
Sociology professor Deirdre Oakley on how women’s status in the state has evolved over the past 50 years.
Collateral Damage
COVID-19 has sparked a surge in cyber threats. Here, cybersecurity expert and associate professor David Maimon discusses how the crisis has been a gift to online criminals.
“An Exceptionally Dangerous Time”
Terrorism scholar and Distinguished University Professor John Horgan on the threat of growing political extremism in the U.S.
“As a musician, you feel that there’s something different about the way your brain is working when you improvise.”
“For a lot of Atlantans, the only touchpoint they have with the Chattahoochee river is when the water comes through their pipes. We can have a more intimate relationship with this huge body of water.”
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Preventing the Next Pandemic
Using an innovative strategy he developed against influenza, professor Baozhong Wang is working on a universal vaccine to protect against all coronaviruses.
What Lies Within
Your body is much more than just flesh and bones. It’s a complex ecosystem teeming with trillions of microorganisms, which — as Georgia State scientists are finding — may be the key to understanding and treating all kinds of disease.